rob the cradle
English
Verb
- (idiomatic, disapproving) To marry or become romantically involved with a much younger person.
- 2004, Karen Thomas, "Cameron won't pull a Britney," USA Today, 8 Jan.,
- The actress, 31, also pooh-poohs the notion that she's robbing the cradle with Timberlake, 22.
- 2004, Karen Thomas, "Cameron won't pull a Britney," USA Today, 8 Jan.,
- (idiomatic, disapproving) To use a young person for a purpose inappropriate to his or her age.
- 1879, John McElroy, Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, ch. 29,
- They were ordered to the field, and their places filled by the Georgia "Reserves," an organization of boys under, and men over the military age. As General Grant aptly-phrased it, "They had robbed the cradle and the grave," in forming these regiments.
- 1879, John McElroy, Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, ch. 29,
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